x¢ii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [June, 
all the published erga in that branch of Indian antiquarian 
_research, are classical, and any future gird in that line may 
rest contented if his work comes u to the standard of Professor 
Kielhorn's editions, Soar he never lost sight of the larger 
qua non, and for which most of the Indian scholars, who have 
taken up the same branch of study, appear to have an innate 
ap rrence. His two lists of Sanskrit inscriptions from Northern 

The Society has lost the oldest of its Associate Members 
= A stn of 2h he Very Revd, Father E. Lafont, 8.J., who died 
Darjiling on the 11th of May, at the age of 71 years, leaving 
bekind him a record of strenuous work in the cause of science 
and of the welfare of the institution, St. Xavier’s College, where 
he filled the office of Rector from 1871 to 1878, and again from 
1901 to within a short interval before the time of his death. He 
was elected an A mapaise Member of this Society in 1874, and for 
many years took a e interest in its discussions, but of late 
years failing health ani it impossible for him to attend our meet- 
ings so frequently as before. Father Lafont was born at Mons 
in 1837 and entered the Society of Jesus in 1854, Seeding ta 
i se 
equipped Physical — where he got together a magnificent 
collection of instruments. 
The ap aS Br ie won by his labours caused him to become 
the recipient of numerous honours. He was admitted a Fellow 
of Calcutta Tatreusihy 2 in 1877, and was repeatedly elected a mem- 
ber of the Syndicate by his colleagues. In 1904 he was elected 
aes of the Faculty of Arts, and in 1908, he was made an 
rary Doctor of eles He was also a Foreign Member of 
rraaE Tnatimte of Electrical Engineers. ee 1880 the Viceroy, Lord 
eal 
He lectured before the Indian Association for the Cultivation 
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